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An Empowering Tradition
Girls Head to the Workplace By Johnathon Allen
Women have made incredible advances in nearly every occupation since the beginning of the civil rights movement, but they still earn only 76-cents to every dollar earned by men and they are significantly absent from America's top boardrooms, executive positions and high-tech jobs. The 1999 Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners Report revealed that less than 15 percent of American companies count a woman among their top five earners, and women hold only 77 of the 2,353 top-paying spots.
According to the Bureau of Labor, the five fastest-growing occupations in the United States are information technology positions that require advanced computer skills. However, the New York Times reported that girls made up only 17 percent of high school students who took the advanced placement exam in computer science in 1998.
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